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Spaghetti Squash
By barbsjustagirl
Tips for baking spaghetti squash
- 1 spaghetti squash
Watermelon & berry fresca
By barbsjustagirl
Healthy, easily prepared and delicious, this watermelon and berry fresca may well become your new favorite summer t...
- 1-1/2 pounds diced seedless watermelon, approximately 4-5 cups.
- 1 pint fresh, rinsed raspberries
- 1 Tbsp fresh lime juice
- 1 tsp sugar
- 4 ice cubes
Apple Pork Chops with stuffing
By barbsjustagirl
An easy, quick, delicious meal! Tried this with Chuck, Mom and Dad
- 1 can (21 oz) apple pie filling (I used sugar-free)
- 6 pork chops
- 1 pkg chicken Stove Top Stuffing mix
Grilled pizza margherita
By barbsjustagirl
Spray the grill rack with nonstick spray, preheat the grill to medium low or prepare a medium-low fire
- 1 (13.8 oz) an refrigerated pizza crust
- 2 tsp. olive oil
- 2/3 cup low-fat pizza sauce
- 1/2 cup shredded low-fat mozzarella cheese
- 3 plum tomatoes, thinly sliced
- 1/4 tsp. black pepper
- 1/2 cup fresh small basil leaves
- 2 tbsp. shaved parmesan cheese
Healthified Strawberries and cream pie
By barbsjustagirl
1. Heat oven to 425°F. In medium bowl, mix flour, salt and 1/4 cup oil with fork until mixture is consistency of...
- You can have your pie and eat it, too. Smart recipe changes resulted in 40% fewer calories, 70% less fat, and a whopping 90% less sat fat! From eatbetteramerica.
- Prep Time:30 min
- Start to Finish:5 hr 20 min
- Crust
- 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 3 to 4 3 to 4 tablespoons cold water
- Filling and Topping
- 1 package (8 oz) fat-free cream cheese or 1/3-less-fat cream cheese (Neufchâtel), softened
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 container (6 oz) Yoplait® Original 99% Fat Free French vanilla yogurt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 cup frozen (thawed) fat-free whipped topping
- 4 cups fresh whole strawberries
- 2 tablespoons semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 teaspoon canola oil
Buttermilk substitute
By barbsjustagirl
A great substitute for making buttermilk when you don't happen to have any at home!
- Milk (just under one cup)
- 1 Tablespoon white vinegar or lemon juice
Mocha Iced Coffee
By barbsjustagirl
1. Pour the hot coffee into a heatproof 10-ounce glass
- Ingredients:
- Mocha Ice Café
- 6 ounces fresh, strong, brewed Folgers® Whole Bean coffee
- 3 or 4 ice cubes
- 1 scoop coffee-flavored ice cream
- Sugar, to taste
- 2 to 3 tablespoons sweetened whipped cream (or whipped topping)
- Sugar, to taste
Chocolate Cupcakes (DC Cupcakes)
By barbsjustagirl
For the cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
- Ingredients:
- For the cupcakes
- 1 1/4 cups flour, sifted
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, sifted
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 8 tablespoons (4 ounces) European-style unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract, preferably Madagascar bourbon
- 1 cup whole milk, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup Valrhona cocoa powder, sifted
Gingerbread Cupcakes
By barbsjustagirl
* In a large bowl, beat the sugar, oil, egg whites and egg until well blended
- 2/3 * 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup canola oil
- 2 * 2 egg whites
- 1 * 1 egg
- 1 * 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 * 1 cup molasses
- 1-1/2 * 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 * 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 2-1/2 * 2-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 * 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 * 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 * 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/2 * 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1-1/3 * 1-1/3 cups reduced-fat whipped topping
Cinnamon Apples - glazed
By barbsjustagirl
A good slow cooker recipe for glazed apples
- 1 Slow Cooker liner
- 6 large Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and cut in eight wedges
- 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 2 Tbsp flour
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp grount utmeg
- 6 Tbsp butter, melted
- Vanilla ice cream
- Crumbled oatmeal or ginger snap cookies